The Old Post Office The Street Mortimer Reading RG7 3NR
Approved on 30 January 2025
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection of an outbuilding for office and gym use
- Received
- 25 October 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- West Berkshire Council
- Ward
- Burghfield & Mortimer
- ReceivedReceived25 Oct
- ValidatedValidated11 Nov
- Consult.Consultation2 Dec
- TargetTarget Date6 Jan
- DecidedDecided30 Jan
Decided in 80 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at The Old Post Office The Street Mortimer Reading RG7 3NR. West Berkshire has handled 1,524 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 weeks longer than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,947 applications in total for the RG7 postcode area.
94% of full applications at West Berkshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- RG7 3NR
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stratfield Mortimer Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 November 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 24 December 2024
- Consultation end
- 2 December 2024
- Last date for comments
- 30 January 2025
- Target decision date
- 6 January 2025
- Permission expires
- 30 January 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Tim Brookman 37 Acre Street GL5 1DR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 3 December 2024
- Site notice end
- 24 December 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
- Constraints
- 13
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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Source: West Berkshire
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